Water Oak

Published
10:00 pm CST, Saturday, February 6, 2016

Patrick and Andrea Wehrly returned from their week sailing in the Caribbean and noted that it felt like spring in Texas.

Truly all were feeling the joy of a virtual spring until the cold front moved in later that weekend. The cooler temperatures invaded and were virtually coincidental with Groundhog Day. Water Oakers mostly view Groundhog Day as a more memorable classic movie than as a holiday of any merit and certainly not as a predictive weather event. Another view is that Groundhog Day is not celebrated in Water Oak since groundhogs do not abound in Montgomery County. The state of Arizona uses Agua Fria Freddie, a rattlesnake, in lieu of a groundhog and Texans clearly have not adopted that approach either — thankfully!

Ignoring Groundhog Day, Water Oakers simply celebrated the end of the first calendar month of 2016 at Giovanni’s. Present were Tim and Patty Merrifield, Sandy and Jim Winn, Pat and Dan Orsini and Becky and Gaylon Freeman along with Pete and Joan Smullen from April Sound. VJ and LaJuv Patel were enjoying the company of their daughter home for a weekend from her physician’s residency in North Carolina. The evening continued over on the back patio of the Winn’s until the wee hours. New to Water Oak, Becky and Gaylon Freeman brought over their social and lovable golden retriever, Rocky, to meet his new neighbors and he was clearly the star of party.

Kim and Callum Cook were away in Fredericksburg as were Jeff and Denise Lochore who were visiting family in Dallas. Leo and Pat Cailleteau spent the weekend up in Kentucky.

- Toni Hengesteg

Send Water Oak news to Toni at the email address thengesteg@gmail.com.